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One common method of classifying minerals is by their basic group, thus silicates, carbonates, sulfides, phosphates, and so on. Thus you may have a copper carbonate, a silicate, a sulfide and so on.
Lead in pure form is a metal. Lead-ore will probably contain silicate minerals, however, the lead itself is not a silicate mineral.
carbonates and halides are non-silicates.
It is a nonsilicate mineral. It is an oxide.
It is a silicate. For sure.
A non silicate mineral is a mineral that does not hold silica tetrahedron. Some examples of non silicate minerals are oxides, sulfides, sulfates, halides, and carbonates.
silicate minerals and non silicate minerals
nonsilicate and silicate minerals
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Non-silicate minerals don't contain silicon and oxygen in tandem; silicate minerals do.
One common method of classifying minerals is by their basic group, thus silicates, carbonates, sulfides, phosphates, and so on. Thus you may have a copper carbonate, a silicate, a sulfide and so on.
nonsilicate and silicate minerals
Non-silicate minerals do not contain the SiO4 ion. Non-silicate minerals are classified as oxides, sulfides, sulfates, halides, or carbonates. Some elements are also classified as minerals. There's also a metallic and non-metallic mineral classification. See the link below for examples.
Silicate minerals are can make up more than 90 percent of the earth's crust, the rest is made up of nonsilicate minerals, 10 percent.
Silicate minerals: contain silicon and oxygen, make up 96% of the Earth's crust Nonsilicate: Does not contain oxygen or Silicon, makes up 4% of the Earth's crust
nonsilicate
Silicate